Teamsters

The Teamsters are one of North America's largest, most diverse unions. In 1903, the Teamsters began as a merger of the two leading team driver associations. These drivers were the backbone of America's robust economic growth, but they needed to organize to wrest their fair share from greedy corporations. Today, the Union's task is exactly the same. The Teamsters are known as the champion of freight drivers and warehouse workers, but have organized workers in virtually every occupation imaginable, both professional and non-professional, private sector and public sector. Our 1.4 million members are public defenders in Minnesota; vegetable workers in California; sanitation workers in New York; brewers in St. Louis; newspaper workers in Seattle; construction workers in Las Vegas; zookeepers in Pennsylvania; health care workers in Rhode Island; bakery workers in Maine; airline pilots and police officers. The Teamsters are also a voice for those who aspire to organize their fair share from greedy corporations.